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*New* Release: Advanced Reproductive Technologies for Equine Breed Conservation

2023-03-02T20:26:08+00:00

The Livestock Conservancy has published a new edition of Advanced Reproductive Technologies for Equine Breed Conservation. Veterinary health providers and owners of endangered horse and donkey breeds can use this manual to become familiar with the numerous options available for saving important genetics. The authors provide detailed instructions for collecting, storing, and using sperm, ... Read more

*New* Release: Advanced Reproductive Technologies for Equine Breed Conservation2023-03-02T20:26:08+00:00

Farm to Fashion: Heritage Breeds & Sustainable Fashion

2023-02-17T14:43:28+00:00

By Lisa Deurer, LD13 Farm to Fashion LD13, a fashion label based in the U.S. and Germany, created a high-end heritage breed textile, the first of its kind, from Romeldale wool. The brand used the textile to create a coat and jacket for their Wardrobe Harvest collection. In addition, they built an entirely transparent ... Read more

Farm to Fashion: Heritage Breeds & Sustainable Fashion2023-02-17T14:43:28+00:00

2022-23 Microgrants Awarded

2025-05-28T15:35:21+00:00

The Livestock Conservancy is excited to award more than $20,000 to rare breed farmers, ranchers, shepherds, and breed organizations across the country. Now in its fifth year, the competitive Microgrants Program has awarded more than $76,000 to our most important conservation partners – the people doing the hard work day after day to ... Read more

2022-23 Microgrants Awarded2025-05-28T15:35:21+00:00

How I Fell in Love…with American Guinea Hogs

2024-06-30T12:48:32+00:00

By Michael O'Donoghue, Upland Farms My wife and two children moved to North Carolina a little over four years ago and have been homesteading on 23+ acres near Kerr Lake. We’ve had history and experience breeding high quality bird dogs (Vizslas) but never any other of what you might call farm animals. We ... Read more

How I Fell in Love…with American Guinea Hogs2024-06-30T12:48:32+00:00

How 21st Century Technology Saved an Old Goose: Cotton Patch Conservation

2024-11-27T16:05:05+00:00

By Denise Colombe-Frye Sometimes it is only in retrospect that you realize something you've started was successful. That is certainly the case with the Facebook group, “Cotton Patch Goose Breeders.” In 2012, when I attended The Livestock Conservancy’s conference in Durham, NC, I made the acquaintance of Gus Richey, Sarah Howell and her husband ... Read more

How 21st Century Technology Saved an Old Goose: Cotton Patch Conservation2024-11-27T16:05:05+00:00

Conservation Strategies for Sustainable Livestock Production

2023-06-12T21:01:53+00:00

Conservation success relies on discovering populations, securing them, and sustaining them for long-term survival. Authored by Dr. Phillip Sponenberg, DVM, Ph.D, Technical Advisor to the Livestock Conservancy To read the PDF version of this article, click here: Livestock_Sponenberg. Dr. Phillip Sponenberg, DVM, Ph.D. has served as Technical Advisor to the ... Read more

Conservation Strategies for Sustainable Livestock Production2023-06-12T21:01:53+00:00

A Brief History of Goat Domestication

2022-11-30T20:44:22+00:00

By Tamsin Cooper, Writer for the Goat Journal Origins of Goat Domestication Goats’ social nature and adaptability enabled early civilizations to tame them. Gradually, people began to breed them according to their needs and preferences. This was the basis of goat domestication, which over thousands of years has changed the function and form of ... Read more

A Brief History of Goat Domestication2022-11-30T20:44:22+00:00

Donkeys at Work: Composting with American Mammoth Jackstocks

2022-10-05T17:40:28+00:00

By Emma Marks, Vermont Compost Company and Emily Rose Johnson, The Livestock Conservancy Heritage breed farm animals, including American Mammoth Jackstocks, are becoming increasingly endangered as the modern agricultural system prioritizes efficiency and continues to scale up production. To save these breeds from extinction and preserve biodiversity, they need roles in our food and ... Read more

Donkeys at Work: Composting with American Mammoth Jackstocks2022-10-05T17:40:28+00:00

Queen Elizabeth II: A Life of Conservation

2025-05-06T11:05:07+00:00

By Emily Rose Johnson, The Livestock Conservancy As the world mourns Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and her long reign as monarch of the United Kingdom, we honor her important role in the conservation of heritage breeds of farm animals. Without her intervention, the Cleveland Bay horse might have been lost, along with ... Read more

Queen Elizabeth II: A Life of Conservation2025-05-06T11:05:07+00:00

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